Comment: Honestly with taking many differnet birth controls throughout the years this has been the WORST! I have been on it for about 3 weeks now after swtiching from Kariva. I thought the 1st two weeks of gas, bloating, tiredness, mood swings, you name it was all because of the new drug. It has only gotten worse. My weight spiked higher and just had a hard time sleeping at night because of stomach pains a
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Comment:Honestly with taking many differnet birth controls throughout the years this has been the WORST! I have been on it for about 3 weeks now after swtiching from Kariva. I thought the 1st two weeks of gas, bloating, tiredness, mood swings, you name it was all because of the new drug. It has only gotten worse. My weight spiked higher and just had a hard time sleeping at night because of stomach pains and a feeling of insomnia. This drug did not react well with me. Will be going off of birth control for a month or two and switching to something else for my body to get back on track! Hide Full Comment

Comment: When I started taking this medication, I was happy, healthy, and on a diet, losing weight consistently. The pill destroyed me! The first week, I had the worst migraine I've ever had in my life. I felt sick to my stomach, irritable, and bloated. I gained 2 pounds that week! And I was on a careful diet! Maybe it was water weight/bloating? I don't know. I do know, though, that it wrecke
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Comment:When I started taking this medication, I was happy, healthy, and on a diet, losing weight consistently. The pill destroyed me! The first week, I had the worst migraine I've ever had in my life. I felt sick to my stomach, irritable, and bloated. I gained 2 pounds that week! And I was on a careful diet! Maybe it was water weight/bloating? I don't know. I do know, though, that it wrecked me emotionally, as well. I have never felt so depressed, angry, or upset as I did while taking this medication. I actually thought I needed depression meds or had bipolar disease, and then I realized-- the period week, with no pills, I was absolutely fine. Use condoms or some other form of birth control. This pill is not the answer!Hide Full Comment

Comment: This birth control has made my life an absolute living hell. My acne has gotten so bad, to a point where I have had to helplessly seek aid from a dermatologist, I have gained weight to an uncomfortable extent, and this pill has emotionally wrecked me. I am constantly sad, and every little thing just adds to a pile of depression. I know that pill is taking my emotions to an extreme, and has caus
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Comment:This birth control has made my life an absolute living hell. My acne has gotten so bad, to a point where I have had to helplessly seek aid from a dermatologist, I have gained weight to an uncomfortable extent, and this pill has emotionally wrecked me. I am constantly sad, and every little thing just adds to a pile of depression. I know that pill is taking my emotions to an extreme, and has caused serious insecurity and loss of self-identity. Though I sound like I am overexaggerating, I assure you I am not. I am very disappointed in my doctor's decision to put me on this as a 17 year old female. She told me this drug would not cause seriously noticeable side effects, but the reviews and personal experience refute that. Going on this pill was one of the worst decisions I have made as a teenage girl.Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: dod123, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Comment: I took this product for exactly one week. In that time each night I would get horrible stomach pains that kept me awake or woke me after I was asleep. It hurt so bad all I could do was pace the hall or pray for relief. No pain reliver touched it. It would go away around 4 am. It felt like I had gorged myself to the point I was going to burst. I took things like prilosec and alka-seltzer trying to
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Comment:I took this product for exactly one week. In that time each night I would get horrible stomach pains that kept me awake or woke me after I was asleep. It hurt so bad all I could do was pace the hall or pray for relief. No pain reliver touched it. It would go away around 4 am. It felt like I had gorged myself to the point I was going to burst. I took things like prilosec and alka-seltzer trying to find relief. Nothing helped. I never had any issues with my stomach prior to taking this. The day I stopped taking it I was able to sleep through the night without violent stomach pain. Other side effects include: extreme cystral type acne, rapid weight gain, heartburn and indigestion. They say it can cause "bloating" but it inflated my stomach to the point I felt it might rupture. Severe side effects is putting it mildly.Hide Full Comment

Comment: I was taking Kariva and my pharmacists switched me to Viorele. In taking Viorele for two months I have felt aweful. I have experience the worst side effects to these pills. Never in my life had I felt so bad; bloated, irritable, emotional, stomach upset... what more can a woman experience? I definitely do not recommend it to anyone.

Comment:I was taking Kariva and my pharmacists switched me to Viorele. In taking Viorele for two months I have felt aweful. I have experience the worst side effects to these pills. Never in my life had I felt so bad; bloated, irritable, emotional, stomach upset... what more can a woman experience? I definitely do not recommend it to anyone. Hide Full Comment

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